3/30/12 Report - To Clean or Not To Clean Finds

To clean or not to clean, that is the question for today.Cob As Found.I recently received an email asking if some found items should be cleaned or not.That seems like an easy enough question, but it is actually a difficult question to answer. It depends upon a lot of factors. And some of it is personal preference. Some people like their finds to look like they were just made, and others like them

2/15/11 Report - Cleaning Objects

Rust Soup. I've found that plastic ice cream containers are good containers for doing electrolysis on small items. They come in a variety of shapes. I find the rectangular shaped ones like this one most useful.You can find instructions on the web on how to create and use an electrolysis system.Electrolysis is not the best method for everything, so study a bit before deciding to use electrolysis.